Recently Gender and Women’s Studies proudly celebrated our 50th anniversary as a department here at UW Madison. Over a few exciting days, students, faculty, staff, and alumni came together to share in the memories of …
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Course Spotlight – Reproduction Before, Since, & Beyond Roe
Course Title: Reproduction Before, Since, & Beyond Roe What is this course about? Reproduction Before, Since, & Beyond Roe is a course on the history of reproductive health, labor, and politics in the United States. …
Letter from the Chair – Fall 2024
Dear Gender and Women’s Studies community, Given the outcome of the recent election, much about the future is uncertain. But two things are crystal clear—the value of feminist scholarship and the importance of an institutional …
Course Spotlight – Narrating Gender and Sexual Difference
Course Title: GWS/ENGL 350: Special Topics in Gender and Literature – “Narrating Gender and Sexual Difference” with Dr. Elaine Cannell What is this course about? This course considers how different genres–including manifestos, memoirs, speculative fiction, …
Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Elaine Cannell
Name: Dr. Elaine Cannell Title: Visiting Assistant Professor Hometown: Elburn, Illinois Educational/professional background: BA, Literature and Creative Writing, North Central College; MA, English Literature, Purdue University; PhD, Literary Studies, UW-Madison What is your field of …
The Stories Between Alumni Book Club
GWS is launching a new virtual alumni book club – The Stories Between! Beginning January 2025 we will meet once a month to read and discuss feminist texts. We begin with Dr. Judy Houck’s 2024 …
Digging Deeper with the CRGW – Reflections from Christine Garlough
Gender Aging and Activism: The CRGW’s research group on “Gender, Aging and Activism” has been working together for the past two years on a community based Raging Grannies archival project. This group brings together undergraduates …
The Scoop from Dr. Kate – Fall 2024
Hello dear Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies community, With the shift of daylight savings, and the turning of the calendar from the season of light to dark, we take stock of where we …
GWS is Now Hiring Spring 2025 TAs!
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies (GWS) is looking for graduate students interested in TAing undergraduate courses for the Spring 2025 semester. Applications for these 50% Teaching Assistant positions are open to both incoming …
Lyddia Ruch-Doll – GWS Staff Spotlight
Name: Lyddia Ruch-Doll (Ruch rhymes with book) Pronouns: she/her (they/them also acceptable) Hometown: Sun Prairie, WI Position Title(s): Administrator, Gender & Women’s Studies, Center for Research on Gender and Women, and the UW-System Women’s …